[ut2003io] Microsoft = Epic's new publisher?
Andrew Pilley
ashridah at icculus.org
Wed Sep 17 10:40:49 EDT 2003
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 00:06, Matthew Arnold wrote:
> [Apoc]Death wrote:
>
> > JUAN-LES-PINS, France, 16th September 2003 Tonight at X03, Microsoft
> > announced a partnership with Epic Games, developers of the legendary
> > Unreal series of games and the Unreal Engine. Epic Games and its
> > recently-formed Scion Studios will develop several new games exclusively
> > for Xbox and Windows. The to-be-announced products will be published by
> > Microsoft Game Studios. "
> >
> > I'll just sit here and pray... The rest of you linux UT playin folks
> > should too, IMO...
>
> I guess it all depends on how they define "new games." The press release
> is awfully short on details. Of course, if you stretch this to the
> extreme, that would also preclude any Linux dedicated servers which
> would not be in the UT200x series' best interest.
ditching linux as a dedicated server is not in anyone's best interest,
save microsoft. many, MANY servers are typically provided by linux
and/or bsd.
>
> Hearing the words "Microsoft" and "exclusively" in the same sentence is
> always scary :)
Notably, they often only mean 'xbox exclusive', which is to say, it's
NOT getting released on ps2/gamecube. It's probably fairly safe to say
that that includes this deal, just like the cry-fest over the idea of
doom3 being 'xbox-exclusive' where many PC users assumed that meant no
PC support at all (which is highly unlikely, given iD's typical revenue
stream more or less depends on it.)
ashridah
>
> Matt
--
I hereby pose this question for analysis.
Are Microsoft users smarter than hamsters?
*Bluescreen* Reboot *Bluescreen* Reboot *Bluescreen* Reboot
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